Gov. Scott Walker rebuffs queries about John Doe documents

5:43 PM,
Feb. 24, 2014

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker.

Written by

Donovan Slack
Gannett Wisconsin Media Washington Bureau

Gov. Scott Walker may have escaped wintry Wisconsin weather for a whirlwind weekend in Washington, but there was one thing he couldn't shake: questions about the John Doe documents.

In interviews with CNN, the Washington Post and Fox News, the governor repeatedly deflected inquiries about the 28,000 pages of emails of a former staffer released last week.

Walker dismissed the whole thing as "old news" and maintained that the Milwaukee district attorney - a Democrat - had long ago sifted through them and found nothing against Walker. He wouldn't say if he knew about a secret email system in his ...